Japanese Lesson 5 - Feminine and Clothes

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The 5th Japanese lesson teaches the use of the gender by creating the feminine from the masculine form. In addition to that, I included a vocabulary list about clothes and finally common phrases about origins. I will try to give examples using both vocabulary and grammar. That way it will be easy for you to see the words when they are separate and when they are in a sentence. Going through the whole page should take about 30 min. Make sure to read the pronunciation and hear the audio as well. If you have any question about this course, please email me directly at Japanese Classes.

Feminine

Knowing how to derive the feminine from the masculine form is very useful. It can make it easy to have a conversation about family members, pets, or professions. An example would be: "man", "woman", "Cat (fem.)", "cat (masc.)" etc.

Below is a list of 12 masculine and feminine forms that you might come across or use very often. The table contains 3 columns (English, Japanese, and Audio). Make sure you repeat each word after hearing it by either clicking on the audio button or by reading the pronunciation. That should help with memorization as well as improving your pronunciation.

Masculine vs. Feminine in Japanese

Feminine	Japanese	Audio
Boy	少年 [shoonen]
Girl	少女 [shoojo]
Man	男 [otoko]
Woman	女 [onna]
Father	父 [chichi]
Mother	母 [haha]
Brother	兄弟 [kyoudai]
Sister	姉妹 [simai]
Actor	男優 [danyuu]
Actress	女優 [joyuu]
Cat (Masc.)	猫（オス） [neko (osu)]
Cat (Fem.)	猫（メス） [neko(mesu)]

Now we will try to implement some of the forms above into full Japanese sentences. That way you will be able to use the word not only by itself but embedded in a structure.

Japanese Gender in a Sentence

English	Japanese	Audio
He is tall	彼は背が高い。 [Kare wa se ga takai.]
She is tall	彼女は背が高い。 [Kanojo wa se ga takai.]
He is a short man	彼は背の低い男です。 [Kare wa se no hikui otoko desu.]
She is a short woman	彼女は背の低い女です。 [Kanojo wa se no hikui onna desu.]
He is German	彼はドイツ人です。 [Kare wa Doitsu jin desu.]
She is German	彼女はドイツ人です。 [Kanojo wa Doitsu jin desu.]
Japanese men are friendly	日本の男性は親しみやすい。 [Nihon no dansei wa shitasimi yasui.]
Japanese women are friendly	日本の女性は親しみやすい。 [Nihon no josei wa shitashimi yasui.]

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Vocabulary List about Clothes

Below is a list of 20 words related to clothes and wearable accessories. Memorizing them by heart can make it easy for you to shop for clothes and maybe get some good bargains.

Clothes List in Japanese

Clothes	Japanese	Audio
Belt	ベルト [beruto]
Clothes	服 [fuku]
Coat	コート [kōto]
Dress	ドレス [doresu]
Glasses	眼鏡 [megane]
Gloves	手袋 [tebukuro]
Hat	帽子 [bousi]
Jacket	上着 [uwagi]
Pants (Trousers)	ズボン [zubon]
Ring	指輪 [yubiwa]
Shirt	シャツ [shatsu]
Shoes	靴 [kutsu]
Socks	靴下 [kutsusita]
Suit	スーツ [suutsu]
Sweater	セーター [sētā]
Tie	ネクタイ [nekutai]
Umbrella	傘 [kasa]
Underwear	下着 [sitagi]
Wallet	財布 [saifu]
Watch	時計 [tokei]

Daily Conversation in Japanese

Finally, these are a couple of phrases used in conversations to express where you are from or where you live etc. For a complete list of commonly used sentences, please visit our Japanese Phrases page.

Common Expressions in Japanese

Do you like my dress?	あなたは私のドレスが好きですか？ [Anata wa watashi no doresu ga suki desuka?]
I lost my socks	私は私の靴下を失くした。 [Watasi wa watashino kutsusita wo nakushita.]
It looks good on you	それはあなたによく似あいます。 [Sore wa anata ni yoku niai masu.]
She has a beautiful ring	彼女は美しい指輪をしている。 [Konojo wa utsukushii yubiwa wo siteiru.]
These pants (trousers) are long	これ等のパンツ（スポン）は長い。 [Korera no pantsu (zubon) wa nagai.]
These shoes are small	これ等の靴は小さい [Korera no kutsu wa chiisai.]
Where are you from?	どこの出身ですか？ [doko no shusshin desuka?]
I'm from the U.S	私はアメリカ出身です。 [Watasi wa Amerika shusshin desu.]
I'm American	私はアメリカ人です。 [Watasi wa Amerika jin desu.]
Where do you live?	どこに住んでいますか？ [Kokoni sun de imasu ka?]
I live in the U.S	私はアメリカに住んでいます。 [Watasi wa Amerika ni sunde imasu.]
Do you like it here?	あなたはここが好きですか？ [Anata wa kokoga suki desuka?]

Fun Facts

Language Quote: It has been estimated that the number of actively spoken languages in the world today is about 6,000..

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